A traditional tune to drive away the monsoon bluesDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WENT TO the Fleadh in Tullamore to round off the summerFri Sep 5 2008 - 01:00
Grim memories of Radovan Karadzic come back to haunt meDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: MY HOLIDAY ENDED in the Ice House in Ballina; a big glass-windowed world overlooking the MoyFri Aug 1 2008 - 01:00
After a lifetime of togetherness, we all end up in separate boxesDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: JUST BEFORE I got married in 1993, I lived in east Galway, in a small bungalow surrounded by flat fields…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
Ireland may be my nation, but English is still my languageDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WAS IN LONDON last weekFri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Take me back to squandered days on the riverbanks of LeitrimDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WAS IN the cafe at the Mall, standing in the queue behind two African women who were laughing and …Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
A view of the Lisbon Treaty, through a wine glass darklyDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WAS INVITED to dinner on midsummer's eveFri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Lost in translation in Dingle, the town with two namesDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: THERE WAS A BIG man standing outside the Centra shop in the middle of Dingle, with the Sunday newspapers…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
Looking back in angerDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I PRESUME I'M not the only person in the world who talks out loud when no one else is present, heaping…Fri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
A feast of stories about a woman who lived through the FamineDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WAS SITTING behind two old gentlemen in the AE last weekFri Jun 6 2008 - 01:00
Summertime, when a man's thoughts turn to boogie-woogieDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I WAS AT A SHOW last Sunday; a field of horse lorries, chipper vans, portaloos, stalls selling straw…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
No matter how uneven the day, Paxman is a great consolationDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I know there are people who get stuck in the same chair looking out the same window, day in day out, …Fri May 9 2008 - 01:00
If it wasn't for American Pie, my life might have unfolded differentlyDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: IT'S NOT THE scariest of witches that's keeping me awake at night, it's the ghost of missed opportunities…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Buttons can be the undoing of us, as Pushkin found out to his costDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: AMONG THE HIDDEN treasures of Mullingar are the flowers that grow on the banks of the Royal Canal; a…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Homesick for Leitrim while time flies like a Westmeath duckDISPLACED IN MULLINGAR: I was in the bathroom one morning, and as I looked out the window I realised that a small hurricane …Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
The spectre of other livesDisplaced in Mullingar: In a smug society that's easily spooked, the Other World is always nearby and the poor are the unruly…Fri Feb 9 2007 - 00:00
Romantic Ireland's dead and goneDisplaced in Mullingar: Solitude is said to be a doorway to the heart, but it's proving difficult to find in January, writes …Fri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
So how did you get over the Christmas?Displaced in Mullingar: The carvery lunches were flying in all directions. Countrymen with paws around tumblers of whiskeyFri Dec 29 2006 - 00:00
Friendly exchange while out on the townDisplaced in Mullingar: The Christmas rush hasn't quite begun, but even now, there's an awful lot of people shopping in Mullingar…Sat Nov 18 2006 - 00:00
Friendly exchange while out on the townDisplaced in Mullingar: The Christmas rush hasn't quite begun, but even now, there's an awful lot of people shopping in Mullingar…Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00